Overlooked Jewels
Overlooked Jewels
This is a collection of underrated/lesser-known novels that shine with solid writing and captivating stories. They may not be very popular, but they’ve got that special something that makes them worth your time. If you’re tired of the same overhyped novels and want to discover hidden treasures, this list is for you. (I might make a part 2 or something, idk)
RIP 100+ novelpia series, atleast 2000+ chapters were taken down.
(Mostly action novels) (2020-2025)
Personally, this is very subjective (I don't judge a novel by it's translation quality)
Honorable Mentions :
• Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (JP) - Honestly, pretty decent. It's a survival game focused story where the FL repeatedly challenge it to complete an unachievable milestone of beating it 100 times, without dying of course. It's non-linear story.
• A Story About Becoming A Really Cheerful Girl (JP) - If you want to see a protagonist endure SUFFERING, this one is for you. Caution : it's really messed up (Search for KatTL, they are TL'ing it, not sure why they didn't make an NU page for it tho)
• Terminate The Other World! (RR) - Book 1-4 is pretty good. A female cyborg getting isekai'd—she's originally from a superhero world—then gradually regaining emotions after being treated as a killing machine. It's progressive fantasy btw.
• Simulating Endless Possibilities: Invincible Once I Act (Scribblehub) - One of the best 'simulations' novels I've read
RIP 100+ novelpia series, atleast 2000+ chapters were taken down.
(Mostly action novels) (2020-2025)
Personally, this is very subjective (I don't judge a novel by it's translation quality)
Honorable Mentions :
• Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (JP) - Honestly, pretty decent. It's a survival game focused story where the FL repeatedly challenge it to complete an unachievable milestone of beating it 100 times, without dying of course. It's non-linear story.
• A Story About Becoming A Really Cheerful Girl (JP) - If you want to see a protagonist endure SUFFERING, this one is for you. Caution : it's really messed up (Search for KatTL, they are TL'ing it, not sure why they didn't make an NU page for it tho)
• Terminate The Other World! (RR) - Book 1-4 is pretty good. A female cyborg getting isekai'd—she's originally from a superhero world—then gradually regaining emotions after being treated as a killing machine. It's progressive fantasy btw.
• Simulating Endless Possibilities: Invincible Once I Act (Scribblehub) - One of the best 'simulations' novels I've read
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Created: Dec 11th, 2024, Updated: Jun 23rd, 2025
Created Dec 11th, 2024
Updated Jun 23rd, 2025
325 Chapters Every 4.7 Day(s) 4489 Readers 39 Reviews 06-21-2025
MC transmigrate as the ultimate villain, but he already lost and got sealed, now he needs to "fabricate" his memories to gain the favor of other characters and set him free... more>>
385 Chapters Every 10.5 Day(s) 1544 Readers 17 Reviews 01-29-2025
Umm... It's really hard to describe, but to summarize it, it has a pretty unique premise(?)
762 Chapters Every 4 Day(s) 3444 Readers 33 Reviews 06-13-2025
Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Harem Horror Martial Arts Mature Psychological Seinen Supernatural Tragedy
Playing dark souls, but you can't get stronger, you are a s*ave, no revives either, and you are surrounded by yanderes who will literally kill... more>>
431 Chapters Every 25.5 Day(s) 3263 Readers 16 Reviews 10-07-2024
MC has run out of options, and after 999 deaths, he decided to just rizz every single one of his enemies. All of his previous... more>>
205 Chapters Every 35.6 Day(s) 4450 Readers 35 Reviews 07-19-2024
Misunderstanding novel, pretty decent story. This is pretty good for those who likes yanderes that are very manipulative, lots of cat fights.
98 Chapters Every 39.1 Day(s) 1270 Readers 7 Reviews 12-31-2023
Fluffy novel. It's about an adult male MC turns into a magical girl, being the only adult and matured magical girl, she becomes the nanny of other magical girls and to stop them from going berserk with their newfound powers... more>>
0 Chapters Every 2232 Day(s) 5281 Readers 80 Reviews N/A
Solid story overall, I really like the "Virtual Reality" arc, not very consistent, but quite entertaining
278 Chapters Every 2.5 Day(s) 1192 Readers 10 Reviews 06-04-2025
Solid story, has a lot of parkour, a bit repetitive
467 Chapters Every 2.6 Day(s) 2350 Readers 25 Reviews 06-19-2025
Ehh, decent, it's entertaining but you can really just skim through the story and not really miss out on anything even if you didn't read all of it. Volume 2 is TR*SH. Just read Volume 1 (390 Ch.)... more>>
390 Chapters Every 0.6 Day(s) 1376 Readers 10 Reviews 06-15-2025
The childhood arc was very heartwarming and sweet, ah youth, innocence, love. Very good romance and character development
374 Chapters Every 1.5 Day(s) 1937 Readers 13 Reviews 06-22-2025
MC has different avatars that he controls, and basically makes a made-up war to make his avatars strength grow. Extremely repetitive and honestly there's not much development, you can just drop it at chapter 200 (•^•)... more>>
190 Chapters Every 6.3 Day(s) 808 Readers 10 Reviews 04-19-2025
If a hero protects citizens. Who should protect that hero? Magical Girl and Sentai stuff. It's good, but there's too much unnecessary drama.... more>>
194 Chapters Every 12.1 Day(s) 1527 Readers 5 Reviews 01-10-2025
SCP, and MC is working to neutralize anomalies
0 Chapters Every 875 Day(s) 2460 Readers 26 Reviews 07-08-2024
Blue Archive, but it's transmigration, and Sensei isn't present, a bit rushed, but solid story
9 Chapters Every 68.1 Day(s) 1354 Readers 14 Reviews 06-23-2024
Literally what the title says
131 Chapters Every 3.1 Day(s) 2931 Readers 17 Reviews 06-23-2025
107 Chapters Every 38.3 Day(s) 2394 Readers 27 Reviews 05-12-2024
MC transmigrates into a story he reads, but now he makes the "story" around him, and has to entertain readers, make the author satisfied, and... more>>
158 Chapters Every 0.8 Day(s) 1880 Readers 23 Reviews 06-22-2025
Similar to the "Shonen Manga" novel
6 Chapters Every 110.3 Day(s) 1665 Readers 11 Reviews 09-22-2023
MC somehow travels into the past after experiencing hell, and now he makes games based on what he experienced
266 Chapters Every 7.1 Day(s) 1615 Readers 15 Reviews 04-27-2025
Unlimited Flow, strong and clever FL, has to survive a lot of disasters
270 Chapters Every 31.6 Day(s) 3404 Readers 42 Reviews 03-14-2024
Zombie Apocalypse, not a Mary Sue FL, well-written side characters
61 Chapters Every 15.9 Day(s) 1652 Readers 13 Reviews 01-02-2025
Mystery solving about a lot of supernatural stuff happening around the main cast.
4 Chapters Every 237 Day(s) 2600 Readers 17 Reviews 06-01-2023
"There is no end in evolution" MC becomes an extremely-aggressive-artificial-entity that can acquire some of the characteristics or abilities of creatures he eats. A lot... more>>
246 Chapters Every 2.8 Day(s) 3317 Readers 27 Reviews 06-13-2025
It's already popular, but translators keeps dropping it. More than 140 TL'd chapters!? Lesssgooo
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I really want those Seoul Object story merch, like the pop-up book, the figu**ne, the key chain, dang
seabearsnake's illustration are so damn cute, I really hope it gets a manhwa adaptation
Try this one, It's LOTM inspired with a really good story
https://www.novelupdates.info/series/the-speedrun-manual-of-miss-witch/
Darkstartranslations got dmca, all of their KR novels are gone and they migrated and changed their domain, and now operates as "Star Realm". Also, Requiemtls seems to have hidden all of their KR novels, you can still access the chapter links, but the front page of each one is gone.
I also found a group TL called "***k Novel***", and they translate r-18 novelpia novels lmao
I read many novel but anytime i look for new novel i alway see you review in there it make me curios about you and now I feel great because i look into your rec list and find out many peak novel (some adready read) thank Sareza
@bruhbble
Hahaha it was called The Cannon Fodder Turns His Sister Into A Soaring Phoenix
@Sareza yeah they werent related but it felt like the author had some... fantasies.
Hahaha if there are even worse maybe you should make a list of worst novels? Would be interesting
@JustABreeze damn, my reading comprehension is really tr*sh right now. I've been reading so much chinese brainrot lately, to the point that my judgement became as good as a third rate villain in a xianxia cultivation novel
@Sareza I'm unsure whether withstanding all that is more impressive or concerning XD
>Discontinued by the author?
Let's hope the author didn't get into a car accident with Violet. There's still a chance it could come back (copium).
Yeah, the series PEAK'd at chapter 300 above, and it even got into the trending page of novelpia. Then suddenly "Serialization discontinued", no announcement, no prior notice.
@Sareza fwiw, the most correct translation would be "serialization suspended", however since the author didn't announce anything and we haven't seen any signs of life in 2 months, "discontinued" is more fitting than "indefinite hiatus"
please, try this one. If you like "Transformation or Death", you will like this:
-https://www.novelupdates.info/series/about-the-case-of-destruction-flags-being-demolished-after-a-nichiasa-loving-otaku-was-reincarnated-as-a-villainous-student/